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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:52 PM

Download the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Migration Checklist today

How many of you have clients that are looking to migrate to Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) from Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003)? How many of you have been trying to locate a document that helps you plan out the steps and find
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Monday, June 08, 2009 9:24 AM

Reminder: May 31st offer for SBS 2003 R2 CALs accessing Windows 2008 Servers has expired

Last June there were a lot of questions floating around how Windows 2008 Servers could be accessed inside of an SBS 2003 R2 environment since Windows 2008 Server was available; however, SBS 2008 was not yet released. As you know, an SBS 2003 CAL doesn’t
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Friday, May 15, 2009 7:23 AM

New EBS 2008 and SBS 2008 Click-through Demos Available For Partners!

Want a quick, lightweight, and portable way to show off EBS 2008 and SBS 2008? Click-through demos are being posted on the Download Center for you to use starting later today. These click-through demos come with lab manuals that go in depth into the products
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Friday, May 08, 2009 10:37 AM

SBS 2008 Build Day – Partner event tomorrow – In-Person and Live Meeting

Here’s a quick reminder about the great Partner-led event taking place tomorrow in Las Vegas that Partners can also attend in person or via Live Meeting if you won’t be able to be there in person. It is the “SBS 2008 Build Day - Partners showing Partners
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:47 AM

Software Assurance: What you need to know, resources for you, answers, and more

One of the topics I get asked about quite a bit or see being asked about is around the topic of Software Assurance (SA). I have several posts on the Blog about this topic; however, I thought it might be very helpful to package up some of the top questions,
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 2:28 PM

Part numbers for the SBS SA benefits media kits you need from my earlier post

Shortly after my “ How do we get the SBS Software Assurance benefits such as: Outlook 2007, Entourage 2008, ISA 2006 + additional Windows Server 2003, and Office SharePoint Designer 2007 now that SBS 2008 is out? , post went live, I received a follow-up
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Friday, December 05, 2008 7:47 AM

How do we get the SBS Software Assurance benefits such as: Outlook 2007, Entourage 2008, ISA 2006 + additional Windows Server 2003, and Office SharePoint Designer 2007 now that SBS 2008 is out?

Here’s a great question I received regarding the additional Software Assurance entitlements that SBS 2003 customers get with the transition to SBS 2008. As you probably know, the components in SBS 2008 have changed slightly from the components of SBS
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Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:13 AM

Downgrade rights for second Windows Server in SBS or EBS 2008 Premium – What’s the deal?

As some of you may recall, shortly after the launch of SBS 2008, there were originally some questions around the downgrade rights associated with the SQL 2008 component of the SBS 2008 Premium license, which we worked with the Server Team here at Microsoft
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:32 AM

Microsoft Gear Up Sales Toolkit now to be available online

Many of you have seen and used the Microsoft Gear Up Sales Toolkit, the printed book that is sent out with information on products, part #s, licensing programs, and much, much more. To keep up with the demand for these powerful and information-rich resources,
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Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:43 PM

Yes, the SBS 2003 solution works in countries other than the United States of America

Earlier today I received a question coming from a Partner in South Africa asking about my “ How do I still get SBS 2003 R2 + Software Assurance in October since it was removed from the Volume License pricelists? Final Solution ” post and if the information
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:13 PM

How do we go from SBS 2003 Standard to SBS 2008 Premium?

This is a question I received through one of the online Partner groups, so I thought I would share it with all of you in case you have the same or similar question. The foundation of the question received was: “We have a client with SBS 2003 standard
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:12 PM

U.S. Partners – Big Easy online and offline calculators now updated with SBS 2008 and EBS 2008

Good news! Based on the questions I saw earlier on when SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 would be fully integrated into the Big Easy online and offline calculators, I wanted to make sure you are aware that both versions of the calculators now have SBS 2008 and EBS
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:49 AM

Updated: What qualifies for the 50%* off Up-To-Date (UTD) discount for Open Value Subscription?

Back in January when we launched the Open Value Subscription Program in the U.S. (it already existed in many other countries at that time and still does), I posted the graphic showing what products qualify for the 50%* first year Up-to-date (UTD) discount
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:12 AM

Yes, the SBS 2008 single CALs are available in Open License too, not just Open Value.

Shortly after my Can I buy SBS 2008 single CALs or do I have to buy them in 5 and 20 packs? post that I sent a link to off to a Partner who asked this question in our Microsoft SMB Channel Community User Group , I received a follow-up question asking,
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Monday, November 17, 2008 10:53 AM

Is it true that the second Windows Server license in SBS 2008 Premium can only be used for Terminal Services or SQL Server?

Here’s a question that was raised at a licensing bootcamp recently that I thought I would share the answer with all of you on. The question was: “Is it true that ONLY TWO ROLES are supported for the 2nd server in Premium Edition, those being for Terminal
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